Four Republican Victories Shape Upcoming Primaries
The Kansas defeat of Senator Bristow for renomination is viewed as a rebuke to anti regular party factions. Illinois Colorado Maryland New York and Wisconsin set primary dates in late summer as factions realign with Progressive and machine influences competing under varied banners.
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Roosevelt
Wrehington
D. C
Illinois
Colorado
Maryland
New York
Wisconsin
Wlineis
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Roger C. Sullivan
Chicago Machine
Lawrence HB. Stringer
Dunne
Harrison
Chicago
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Harry Woods
Sullivan
Stringer
Raymond Robins
Progressive Party
Charles S. Thomas
James H Brown
J. N. Stvens
C. W. Waterman
Benjamin Griffith
Isaac Stephenson
Francis E. McGovern
Thomas Morris
la Follette
Paul A. Hastings
Thomas A. Kearney
California
Joseph R. Knowland
Samuel Shortridge
James D Phelan
San Francisco
Francis J. Heney
Chester H. Rowell
Utah
James H. Moyle
Reed Smoot
John Walter Smith
Isaac Lobe Strauss
C. Carrington
Senate Candidates In flux as New York Primaries Loom
Bull Moose influence swirls as Progressives delay a candidate while New York's senatorial race remains uncertain. Elihu Root declines, James W. Wadsworth touted, William M. Calder seeks the nomination, and Roosevelt may sway the Progressives. Potential renominees include Hoke Smith, Joseph Brown, Frank Newlands, Jacob Gallinger, Frank Brandegee, William Dillingham, and Wesley Jones.
Anthony and Northern Rail Project Without Bond Financing
Hutchinson Kansas August 12 A standard gauge rail line is being built north from Pratt toward a Union Pacific connection without issuing bonds. Proponents, local residents, fund construction from cash on hand and equipment costs, profits add to a surplus fund, and no officer receives a salary. Each township along the route has issued bonds to aid the work, not callable until completion. Organized in 1912, construction began May last year, reaching Luka six miles from Pratt, then extending to Strickler.
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Hutchison
Luka
Pratt
Strickler
Financing Cotton Crop a Problem
Washington August 12 The House Agriculture committee heard growers dealers and sinikers outline financing needs to store three to four million bales of cotton for next year due to European market closures. Proposed Aldrich Vreeland amendments would raise emergency currency backing and recognize cotton receipts as collateral. Warehouse schemes and estimates of $6 per bale to finance storage were discussed as a remedy to curb a 1915 overhang.
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Europe
House Agriculture Committee
South
House Committee
Aldrich-Vreeland
Reserve Associations
Banking Committee
House
James Hunter
Memphis
W. G. Turner
Memphis Terminal Corporation
Final Funeral for Mrs Wilson in Rome Georgia
In Rome Georgia on August 12 Mrs Woodrow Wilson wife of the President was laid to rest at Myrtle Hill Cemetery beside her parents. Bells tolled as the casket was borne to the hearse with over 800 relatives and friends present amid black drapery and a rainstorm. The President and family attended a brief service at First Presbyterian Church before burial. The nation’s grief showed in tears as President Wilson stood by the grave and later awaited a larger monument.
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Woodrow Wilson
Naotion
Myrtle Hill Cemetery
Edward T. Brown
Atlanta
Robert M. Hoyt
Wade CC. Hoyt
Nathan Hoyt
Tame
B. PP. Axson
Savannhea
Randolph Axson
Edward T. Brown, Jr
Frank C. Gebreath
McAdoo
Sayre
Grayson
Tumulty
Mr. Wilson
Rea
Wilson
Memorial Service for Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in Rayville
A memorial service at the First Presbyterian church in Rayville Louisiana honored Mrs. Woodrow Wilson wife of the U S President. Mayor Coleman proclaimed business houses closed during the service. Rev Dr McBride read the burial rite and Rev Mr Rhymes led the prayer f or the President. A Inmen Townsley gave the only address as pastor of the Methodist church. The church was decorated with cut flowers and American flags.
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First Presbyterian Church
Woodrow Wilson
United States of America
Coleman
Dr. McBride
The
Presbyterian Church
Mr. Rhymes
Baptist Church
A. Inmen Townsley
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York Begins Ter Centenary Festivities
New York marks the ter centenary of chartered commerce's start and the opening of the Panama canal with a two month festival. A program of city park pageants features children from diverse nationalities, street celebrations, music, opera and movable stage visits to major parks. The legislature allocated 100000 dollars to support the festivities.
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New York
Parama Canal
Manhattan Island
Good Roads Boost Cattle Movement
Local authorities report improved cattle movement as road upgrades progress. Officials highlight safer transport routes, reduced travel times, and enhanced access for ranchers to markets and markets to farms.
Tick eradication and good roads on Monroe agenda
Calhoun parish police jury discussed tick eradication and new roads with plans to hold a September session where Drs Dalrymple Flowers and Wright would address residents. They approved $259 for Calhoun Fair premiums and considered state aided road surveys funded by a Monroe tax vote.
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Monroe
W. H. Anders
T. J. Shelton
A., L. & G. Railway
Chamber of Commerce
Ouachita Parish
Shelton
Dalrymple
Flowers
Wright
Herman McGuire
Travelers’ Best Stock Farm
C. W. Phillips
F. Collins
United States
Collings
Ouachita
Haas
Winnsboro
Jonesboro
State Highway Department
Forsythe
Germans Say Liege Forts Will Be Taken Later Without Loss
A Dutch dispatch reports heavy cannonading north of Liege near Tongres as German forces threaten Liege forts. The German commander claims losses are not twenty thousand and hints forts will fall once heavy artillery arrives, possibly by imperial orders to spare life.
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Liege
Associated Press
Tongres
William
Belgium
Holland
Austrians Blockade Montenegrin Coast Officially
An official announcement states Austria has effectively blockaded the coastline of Montenegro in the current conflict era. The report emphasizes strategic maritime pressure and regional implications for supply routes and neutral shipping in the Adriatic.
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Vienna
Germans Reach Meuse Pontoon Bridge Second Time
Amsterdam reports a second attempt by German forces to build a pontoon bridge over the Meuse succeeded. The Telegraaf cites a Masstricht dispatch noting the bridge will carry siege artillery for Liege and Namur.
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Amsterdam
Meuse
Masstright
Telegraaf
Liege
Namur
US Fleet Moves From Vera Cruz to North by Sept First
All major U S ships will be withdrawn from Vera Cruz and brought north by September 1 leaving only a few small patrol boats.
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Washington
United States
Vera Cruz
Embassies Authorized to Charter Vessels for Americans
Washington reports that on August 12 authority was granted to American embassies and legations across Europe to charter vessels for transporting Americans. The move aims to expedite travel and ensure safe passage amid mounting tensions and shortages.
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Washington
Europe
Senator Smith Lever to Draft Federal Cotton License Bill
Washington report says Senator Smith and Representative Lever agreed to draft a bill establishing a Federal license system for cotton. The plan aims to regulate production and trade under federal authority, details pending committee review and return to Congress.
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Washington
Smith
Lever
British Warships Guard Western Atlantic Shipping
Five British warships are guarding shipping lanes in the western Atlantic, a report from Admiral Craddock to the British consulate in New York indicates today.
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New York
Atlantic
Craddock
Forts at Liege Not Lost Says French Dispatch
London reports a French foreign ministry dispatch stating rumors of the loss of Liege forts are false. All forts remain intact and only a small number of Germans entered Liege under cover of darkness. Minor engagements occurred along the frontier with French cavalry maintaining superiority over German horsemen. German forces hold passes of the Vosges and heights in Alsace.
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Associated Press
London
Liege
Vorges
Alsace
German army advances through Belgium as Liege retreat continues
Associated Press report from Brussels August 12 notes the German army retreating from Liege and moving through central Belgium. The main cavalry force advances along the entire Allied front while Belgians reclaim Longden Fort at Liege after its evacuation by German troops. The item continues on page three.
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Brussels
Liege
Belgium
Longden Fort
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